caramelize

A verb used to describe the process of heating sugar or food containing sugar until it turns brown and develops a characteristic flavor.

• 🇵🇹Verbo usado para descrever o processo de aquecer açúcar ou alimentos que contenham açúcar até que fiquem dourados ou acastanhados e adquiram o sabor e o aroma característicos do caramelo.

1. Convert sugar into caramel B2 formal culinary

   To heat sugar or a sugar-containing food until it turns into a brown, sweet, and flavorful substance called caramel.

   • The chef caramelized the onions for the soup.
   • You need to caramelize the sugar for the crème brûlée.
   • She caramelized the apples for the dessert.

   🇵🇹Caramelizar

2. Become caramel B2 formal culinary

   To be transformed into caramel through the application of heat.

   • The sugar began to caramelize in the pan.
   • The onions will caramelize slowly if you cook them on low heat.
   • The top of the crème brûlée caramelized under the broiler.

   🇵🇹Caramelizar

• caramelized past participle
• caramelized past simple
• caramelizing present participle
• caramelizes third person singular